Production Superintendent

Job Overview:

Linde is looking for a Production Superintendent at our world-class facility. This position has accountability for the day-to-day operations and maintenance.

The Production Superintendent will be responsible for ensuring production requirements are met, and the facilities are operated in a safe, efficient, and compliant manner. The role manages a team of production technicians at the facility. This is a front-line operations role that will respond to unplanned events, work independently, and make technical decisions and recommendations to ensure the reliable and efficient operation of the facility. Accessibility during off-hours via laptop and cell phone is required.

Responsibilities: 

• Establishes goals, promotes decision-making, delegates as appropriate and overcomes obstacles.
• Monitors external/internal trends, develops procedures, makes judgements, and takes organization-wide actions that set precedents.
• Staff, train, coach, and administer performance reviews, recommends salary increases and corrective action of subordinate employees.
• Ensures compliance to all safety policies and procedures. Leads operational discipline throughout the Linde employee organizations, work closely with the SH&E organization in achieving established goals.
• Ensures compliance with all local, state, federal, and Linde policies regarding environmental regulations and permitting, internal engineering standards, and product quality requirements.
• Works across all levels of Linde organizations to achieve desired results into a cohesive and effective management team.
• Responsible for process safety information related to plant activities (EMOC, RMP, HWP).
• Maximize efficiency and operating capacity of the plant and distribution.
• Troubleshooting plant process & equipment problems and implementing solutions.
• Tasked with leading special projects within the facility.
• Maintain QA program, facilitate customer and corporate audits.
• Assists with coordination of maintenance and project work with reliability centers and capital project teams to ensure efficient and cost-effective execution.

Work Schedule:

The schedule for this position is Monday – Friday, working 8–10-hour shifts. Must be able to work weekends as needed.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience (engineering degree preferred).
• 4+ years of operations experience.
• 2+ years of operations management experience.
• Must be a self-starter with the ability to drive execution of projects and strategic and tactical initiatives.
• Must process proven leadership, team building, and decision-making skills.
• Must be reliability and efficiency focused and possess strong planning and execution skills.
• Must possess strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to motivate and lead a diverse and inclusive workforce to achieve desired results.
• Must be proficient in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

About Linde:

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